The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-01-26
WHOLE NUMBER 1862.

The court room was crowded during the
trial of the Labadie case. Many were unable
to gain admittance.
j. l. Breck has under consideration
favorable proposition to locate in Chicago
with prominent law firm.
George Van Dorm has rented his place 10
John Chapman. George has taken Alse
Hyames' farm of 200 acres to work on shares.
Bro. Russell of the Adpdnce, was in town
last Monday. He was accompanied by two
ladies-neither of them his wife. Ah, there!
Covert & Bartram's goods were insured
with Harry Richards. Two of the four COM
panies who carried policies on them have
adjusted their loss and one of them has al
ready paid.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. j. Wakeman's son, Lynn
Howard, died on Wednesday last, aged thir
teen years. The lad was a confirmed invalid.
His bereaved parents have the sympathy OF
many warm friends.
Lon SiboIe, cousin of II. =. Sibole the
umberman, had one of his legs badly crushed
by pile of lumber falling on him, at the
sawmill in Breedsville, last Monday morning.
Amputation will probably be necessary.
1t ia expected that the same challenge to
the array that was made in the Labadie
case, will be interposed in other criminal
cases, during the term. The rolling of the
court will, of course, be adverse to the chal
lenge.
Mr.. G. f. Young has filed bill in chan
cery, in our circuit court, to set aside the
transfer of the Paw Paw Railroad to the
Toledo Il South Haven Company, made last
| fall j. /. Breck and Dallas Boudeman are
his solicitors.
There is one thing that everybody knows
better than the editor, and that is just how
| to run newspaper. People not only know
how it should be done, but are always free
with their advice in the matter. Thanks,
kind friends, many thanks.
The commander of the department of
Utah. G.. A. r., prepared and sent to ali
grand army posts in the country, resolution
favoring the passage of the Edmunds-T
bill for the suppression of polygamy. At its
session last Monday evening, Brodhead Post,
in this village, adopted the resolution and
ordered Adjutant Nash to forward it to Con-
gressman Burrows.
Doc. Hilton and Ike Conner laid wager
of the cigars on the weather. Ike bet that
it would freeze up "by Sunday night"
Sometime during the night, it did freeze.
Doc. demanded payment, while Ike claimed
that he had won the wager himself. A court
was organized and bench of three judges
chosen to try the case. After listening to
the evidence and hearing the arguments, the
| judges fined Conner three cigars. which the
court smoked, and fned Hilton fifteen cents,
which the court pocketed. The parties TO
the litigation thought they might better have
settled it, as they might have done by each
buying his own cigar. Ike thinks the court
was corrupt.
Alb. Phillips is very faithful, Industrious
chap. He III in the employ of Conner, the
bean man. Last Sunday morning, after
breakfast, Ike went into his Office to enjoy a
quiet smoke. He found Alb. there. sweeping
out and making active preparations for busi-
ness. Ike said nothing, but stepped to his
safe, counted out Abs weekly salary and
handed it to him. whats that for?" asked
Alb. "For your weeks work. replied Ike
"But it amt due yet" returned Ab. "Oh,
yes it is, said Ike, sit was due last night
but / forgot to hand it TO you "What .
You don't say this is Sunday exclaimed
Alb. Certainly l do was the reply. Alb
was thunderstruck and could not be con-
vinced until he went out and looked mp aud
down the street to see whether other places
of business were opened or closed. Better
get calendar, Alb, or an almanac, and If
that don't keep you straight, cut notches on
a stick.
The newspapers get good deal of gratui-
tous advertising whenever there is an impor-
tant criminal trial on the tapis. Quite
number of the persons who were called as
Jurors on the Labadie case. were excused
because they had read about the affair in the
NoRTHEREER. The trouble was not so much
that they had read the account, but that they
| believed what they read. OF course they did
Why shouldn't they? The NoRTHERNER has
an efficient corps of correspondents located in
different parts of the county, who keep ii
posted, and it always tries to present truth
ful account of the happenings recorded in its
columns, and its numerous readers realize
that fact and naturally believe what it says
The article published concerning the Laba
die-H -Hotaing shooting was quite brief, but
gave what purported TO be a statement of the
facts connected with the affair, and which
was, so far as the evidence given before the
magistrate on the examination disclosed,
substantially correct. OF course. il had no
means of giving the defendants version,
which may be materially different. The
only mistake il made, as far as il il at pres
ent advised, was in giving publicity to an
apparently well founded report that HotaIipg
the man who was shot-was dead.